Hi folks. I was wondering if you all have any links that may be of interest to others wanting to build an observatory. If you would be so kind as to post them here, I'll organize them in a thread and make it sticky at the top of the forum. Thank you in advance!

Excellent job Steve and a fine looking observatory! I noticed the Pulsar Dome and base wall unit come as one piece units. Reminds me of how the StarDome units will look. Great job once again Steve and welcome to CN!

The 'one piece' units appealed to me from the start as there is no chance of a leak in bad weather and we do understand bad weather here in the UK! Once the base was completed, assembly of the dome was very straightforward.

I found this site offered by Joe Garlitz Very helpful!http://www.oregonvos...litz/observ.htm
Scroll down for the link to the construction details page.
Very informative if you plan to build a geodesic dome!

Hi everyone - I'm new to the hobby and to the forum as well! I'm doing some initial research on building my observatory at home and have a quick question. Since the *BEST* place for me to put the scope at my house is on the upstairs deck (mindful of all the inherent problems with this) I'd like to put in a pier from the ground below to support the scope properly. Problem with that is the house is basically on a cliff with only solid boulders below the deck. Has anyone ever heard of someone just putting the pad on top of a boulder and can this be done safely?

Ok, I'm ready for all the "this guy is an idiot" cracks - bring 'em on!!